Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Wisner-Pilger drops home game to Stanton











The Wisner-Pilger Gators fell for the fourth straight time Friday night, losing 41-14 at home to Stanton.

The Mustangs led 7-0 at the end of one and won the second quarter 14-8 to lead 21-8 at halftime.

Stanton outscored Wisner-Pilger 13-6 in the third quarter to go up 34-14 at the end of three.

The Mustangs added 7 fourth quarter points and held the Gators scoreless to make up the final score.

Cooper Vonseggern was 6-19 passing for 74 yards with a touchdown. Hunter Waterman hauled in four passes for 46 yards, and scored once.

Vonseggern rushed for 53 yards on 16 carries, and put it in the end zone on one occasion. Mason Rabe totaled 47 yards on 13 attempts.

Vonseggern made a team-high 13 tackles while Cobe Porter and Lucas Troyer had 12 each. Rabe and Nathan Hattterman recorded 10 apiece while Waterman totaled 9. Gunner Labenz and Travis Keyes notched 8 apiece while Jayden Raabe posted 7.

Wisner-Pilger racked up 171 yards of offense, 97 coming on the ground.

The defense gave up 511 yards of offense, including 469 on the ground.

The Gators' run defense definitely let them down in this game. It appears Stanton was the more physical team up front, and got the job done at the line of scrimmage.

Wisner-Pilger (1-4) is at Homer (1-4) Friday night.

The Knights lost 22-12 at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge last time out, and have struggled for most of the season.

Yes both teams have identical records, but I look for the Gators to win rather handily.

I feel like Wisner-Pilger is due for a win, and is going to get the job done Friday night.

The Knights' lone win is over Tekamah-Herman, who is decimated by injury.

Homer beat the Tigers 14-8 while the Gators downed the Tigers 31-6.

I look for Wisner-Pilger to win by two or three touchdowns. Neither team is playing particularly well right now, but I think the Gators are a better team than the Knights.

Wisner-Pilger has played the tougher schedule to this point and is battle tested. Homer hasn't had an easy schedule by any means, but they've had a little bit lighter of a schedule than the Gators have.

The game being in Homer will make things a little more difficult for Wisner-Pilger than if the game was in Wisner, but I still look for the Gators to step up to the challenge and get the job done.

Vonseggern has to have a big game throwing and rushing the ball, and Rabe has to get into the act in the run game as well.

Wisner-Pilger's run defense has to be much better than it was against Stanton. The Gators have to win the battle at the line of scrimmage.

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